The Enemies of Progress
Subtitle: the dangers of sustainability
By: Austin Williams.
Publisher: Societas/Imprint Academic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Exeter, UK; Charlottesville, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781845400989
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Economic development -- Political aspects.; Progress.; Progress -- Political aspects.
First sentence: "In 1933, Chicago celebrated its centenary with an International Exposition entitled ‘A Century of Progress’. It was held to commend the ‘progress of civilisation" that had...
Description: This polemical book examines the concept of sustainability and presents a critical exploration of its all-pervasive influence on society. 

Comments: 

‘A much needed diagnosis of the bleak anti-human pathology sometimes described as environmentalism’
Dominic Lawson, columnist for The Independent

‘A very persuasive contribution by a thoughtful subversive.'
Prof Frank Furedi, author of ‘Politics of Fear’ and ‘Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone’

'Austin Williams has a gift for lobbing well-directed grenades.'
Philippe Legrain, author 'Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them'
Notes: INTRODUCTION

Part One

1. THE OPT-OUTS
Energy and the end of universal provision

2. THE NEW PAROCHIALISTS
Transport and mobility denied

3. THE LIMIT-SETTERS
Architecture’s loss of humanity

4. THE INDOCTRINATORS
Environmental educators’ underhand tactics

5. THE PESSIMISTS
Putting the brakes on China and India 

6. THE NEW COLONIALISTS
The Developing World’s sustainable underdevelopment

7. THE MISANTHROPISTS
America’s unease with Modernity

CONCLUSION: RECLAIMING THE FUTURE
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